Big Data, Crowdfunding and the Fundraising Technology Craze : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

Big Data, Crowdfunding and the Fundraising Technology Craze : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: Technology is the backbone of practically everything in today’s information-rich society, and fundraising is no different. Whether it’s using “Big Data” to enhance fundraising appeals and messaging online, offline, mobile and everything in between, or utilizing new technologies like crowdfunding to host a campaign, the technology craze continues to prevail and evolve.

Society Diary: the rubble bucket challenge and the Boob Aid Squeeze-a-thon

Society Diary: the rubble bucket challenge and the Boob Aid Squeeze-a-thon

Grand Champion Ham fetches $2 million, breaks record at auction - Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer: News

Grand Champion Ham fetches $2 million, breaks record at auction - Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer: News: Nearly 1,600 people gathered for KFB's 51st annual Country Ham Breakfast & Auction in the South Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center, and were witnesses to this monumental feat of charitable giving. Local, state and national elected officials spoke prior to the auction about current agricultural and political conditions in Kentucky and across the nation, but the event hit a fever pitch as the audience watched bidders duel in seven-figure amounts for the Grand Champion Ham.

7520 Rate for September Stable at 2.2% | Planned Giving Design Center

7520 Rate for September Stable at 2.2% | Planned Giving Design Center: For purposes of determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest, the applicable federal rate under section 7520 for September 2014 is 2.2%; Stable with the last three month's rates.

The Income Control Unitrust | Planned Giving Design Center

The Income Control Unitrust | Planned Giving Design Center: David Wheeler Newman explores the NIMCRUT and its extraordinary possibilities. His case study makes a compelling statement that Charitable Remainder Trusts are alive and well and will continue to be.

Personalized Philanthropy and the Four Donors - Part 2 of 6 | Planned Giving Design Center

Personalized Philanthropy and the Four Donors - Part 2 of 6 | Planned Giving Design Center: ringing Change to the World Through Personalized Philanthropy
Connecting your values to actions

Key points:

Why focus on the most important Core Needs of the Institutions you care about?
How can you overcome fundraising mechanics and connect your true vision to the world?
Can just three killer apps of personalized gift design really change the way we do philanthropy?
What is the vast power of spending rate and why should we radically rethink endowment?

10 tips for charity impact measurement | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

10 tips for charity impact measurement | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: mpact measurement often strikes fear into charities – large or small. It is something that organisations are increasingly expected to do, yet it can be difficult to know where to begin.

To shed some light on this, we went to the real experts – our Twitter followers – and asked them to share their top tips.

Here is a selection of our favourites, but we’d like to hear yours too - feel free to post them in the comments section, below.

Chart: Gifts From Ice-Bucket Challenge Top $94-Million - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Chart: Gifts From Ice-Bucket Challenge Top $94-Million - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Chart: Gifts From Ice-Bucket Challenge Top $94-Million

Silicon Valley Nonprofit Helps Donors Help Nonprofits - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Silicon Valley Nonprofit Helps Donors Help Nonprofits - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: When they write a check to a nonprofit organization, donors are said to wonder whether another group out there is more effective in the work they do, and if this organization really has the capacity to do what they say. Tipping Point, a nonprofit organization in Silicon Valley, has developed a model that connects donors to effective nonprofit organizations and helps nonprofits fund their capacity-building needs.

Three-Day March Aims to Alter Public Perception of Nonprofits

massnonprofit news ::: The Charity Defense Council (CDC) said it will hold what it hopes will be “the largest demonstration of the charitable sector, by the charitable sector, and for the charitable sector in the sector’s history.”

The march, from Kittery, Maine, to Salem, Mass., aims to net $1 million to fund the CDC’s first-year operating budget and is expected to draw charity leaders, executives, and workers from across the nation.

Triangle United Way shifting role to catalyst � Philanthropy North Carolina

Triangle United Way shifting role to catalyst � Philanthropy North Carolina: Sponsored by United Way of the Greater Triangle, the competition is part of a larger effort by United Way to transform its role and impact.

Traditionally seen as an umbrella group that raises money each fall, mainly in workplace campaigns, to support partner agencies providing health and human services, United Way now is focusing on raising awareness about urgent problems related to poverty, and engaging community resources to address their symptoms and causes.